The kids and I went to a close friend's house, where there were several other kids, and the kids swam pretty much all day, followed by barbecue hot dogs until dark. Then we did quite a few fireworks. The girls got to make me extremely nervous with their less-than-careful handling of sparklers. I think the girls had a pretty good time overall.
I would like to remind folks that may be reading not only to remember that, while today is the 227th anniversary of our our Declaration of Independence, the first shots of independence were fired more than a year before on April 19th, 1775, and that we were not suddenly free and independent by declaration. The war was not won until the fighting was over more than five years later on October 19th, 1781 at the Battle of Yorktown, and not officially concluded until September 3rd, 1783, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. More than 25,000 Americans gave their lives giving birth to this nation. Please remember the struggle for freedom as well as the declaration of it. Thanks.
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